Williams v. Williams

This cause is here on the technical record from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County from an order dis*10missing a petition for custody of a minor child. The suit arose out of a divorce action on which the final decree was entered July 24, 1941, wherein the wife was awarded the custody of a minor child.

On November 5, 1952, Wayne Williams filed in the Circuit Court of Hamilton County a petition seeking the custody of his minor child on the ground that the child was being grossly mistreated by the mother and her present husband. The plaintiff relied on Section 8454 of Williams’ Code of Tennessee,…